Card table



June 23, 1931. A. R. WRIGHT 1,811,526

CARD TABLE Filed July 2. 1929 light table which is so shaped that it will be and between the players. The upper surface 5 uNir. STATES PATENT? OFFICE ALFRED R. WRIGHT, OF ESSEX, CONNECTICUT CARD TABLE Application filed July 2, 1929. Serial No. 375,350.

This invention relates to the construction tensions 3 at the four corners of the table. of card tables of the folding leg class which With this shape the players may sit close to are particularly adapted for bridge playing. the playing area 4 of the top, while the cor- The object of the invention is to provide a ners will project more or less on each side of very convenient for the players, in that while of the table top may be finished in any dethe area is ample to accommodate the cards of sired manner, preferably by covering the a bridge game, the distance from a player to playing surface with a soft fabric of suitable the opposite side is relatively short in order color, as indicated at 5, and covering the corthat the dummy hand may be easily reached, ners with a material that may be polished, 60 and the corners used for the handy placement for example, celluloid, balrelite or metal, as of counters, candy, cigars, cigarettes, or indicated at 6. glasses of beverage in localities that will not The legs 7 are hinged by pins 8 to brackets obstruct or interfere with the surface of the 9 fastened to the under side of the table at table necessary to be utilized for playing. the corners in such positions that the legs 65 This object is attained by inwardly recesswhen folded against the under side of the ing or concaving the sides of the table top so top will extend from corner to corner across that the players may sit forward, and leaving the cavities in the edges of the table as illusprojecting corners of considerable width for trated in Figs. 1 and 3. Strips 10 may be holding the accessories. The legs are atfastened to the legs and hinged on the pins 8 79 tached to the under side at the corners in such so as to turn with the legs and brace them in manner that when opened they will be suitone direction when they are open. Clips 11 ably braced in all directions and will afford may be attached to the under side of the table or a wide, firm base for the table, and that when in position to clasp the free ends of the legs folded up against the under side of the top and retain them folded.

will extend across the cavities and afford Collapsible braces comprising tubes 12 handles by means of which the table may be hinged to the table, and telescoping rods 13 carried about, clips being provided for rehinged to the legs, are provided for bracing taining the legs closed and also from collapsthe legs in the other direction when open. ing when opened. It is preferred to cover A latch composed of a leaf spring 1 1- fastened 30 the playing area of the top of the table with to the tube and a pin 15 on the spring adapted a soft fabric, and to have the extended corto engage a notch 16 in the rod is provided here of hard polished material and can be for retaining the collapsible braces in proper readily cleaned of any stains or debris resultrelation when the legs are open. ing from the spilling or dropping of the The invention claimed is: refreshments. 1. A table comprising a unitary top with a. In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 plane upper playing surface, said top having shows a plan of the table with the legs folded. four concaved side edges and four wide ra- Fig.2 shows a side elevation with the legs dial and integral extensions separating the opened and broken off. Fig. 3 shows a porconcaved sections, with legs hinged to the tion of the under side of the table with the under side of said extensions and adapted to legs folded. Fig. 4 is a view on larger scale fold against and open from the table, said showing details of the leg attachment means. legs when folded extending across the con- Fig. 5 is a detail showing the means for lockcaved recesses in the side edges and providing ing the legs open. handles for transporting the table.

The body of the table top 1 may be made 2. A table comprising a unitary top with of any suitable material, as wood or papera plane upper playing surface, said top havboard, and its edges are recessed to form ccning four concaved side edges and four wide in- N cavities2 on all four sides. The recesses are tegral extensions in the same plane and sepamade in such manner as to leave wide exrating the concaved sections, with legs hinged to the under side of said extensions and adapted to fold against the table and extend ecross the concaved Openings, theplaying surface of the, table being covered with fabric, and the said extensions covered with hard, easily p01- ished material.

ALFRED R. WRIGHT. 

